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Traffic growth is steady Guido is pleased to say. The absolute unique visitor number for the last 12 months was some 867,210
according to Google Analytics. This is comparable in traffic terms to any of the broadsheet newspapers online and although they are very reluctant to confirm this, which is revealing in itself, greater than either the Spectatoror New Statesman command online.This trend away from old media sources is reflected across the Atlantic. During the election period Drudge has scored more traffic than the New York Times according to Hitwise data. Here is something else for the mediasaurs of the Dead Tree Press to worry about: the 3 year oldHuffington Post, which is squarely parked on the Gray Lady's liberal/leftie lawn, is now more profitable than the 157 year old NYT.Guido is willing to bet that likewise come the British general election, he will have more readers and be more profitable than the New Statesman,even combining both their online and print editions together. Particularly as the new editor's strategy seems to be to make the articles longer and corner the market in dullness. Over to you Mr Danson...
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October Statporn Iain Dale12:43 PM
561,903 Individual Readers in the Last 12 Months
Traffic in October was virtually unchanged from September - absolute uniques up a bit but pageviews down.
Year on year, traffic has increased by nearly 50%.
More than half a million individual people have read this blog over the last twelve months.
Year on Year Absolute Unique Visitors +47%
1 Nov 2007-31 Oct 2008 561,902
1 Nov 2006-31 Oct 2007 382,310
Absolute Unique Visitors Oct 2008 67,494 -
Oct 2007 54,643 -
Sept 2008 67,494
Visits
Oct 2008 320,456
Oct 2007 279,097
Sept2008 324,284
Page Loads
Oct 2008 446,383
Oct 2007 426,292
Sep 2008 476,628
Here are my top 20 linking sites (ie incoming hits) for October, according to Google Analytics.
1. - Guido Fawkes 24,710 (22,827)
2. - ConservativeHome 14,764 (15,454)
3. - Spectator Coffee House 12,248 (14,151)
4. - PoliticalBetting 6,541 (9,097)
5. - Dizzy Thinks 2,810 (3,615)
6. - Daniel Finkelstein & Red Box 2,295 (3,175)
7. +13 Biased BBC 1,678 (760)
8. +1 Ben Brogan 1,288 (1,181)
9. +1 Bloggerheads 1,151 (1,166)
10. +6 Tom Harris 1,121 (880)
11. +3 Obnoxio the Clown 1,156 (963)
12. -1 Telegraph blogs 1,134 (1,142)
13. -5 Devil's Kitchen 861 (1,376)
14. +4 SNP Tactical Voting 840 (794)
15. -3 Little Man in a Toque 816 (1,034)
16. +3 Daily Referendum 810 (791)
17. -2 EU Referendum 772 (902)
18. NEW Bob Piper 733 (-) 19. -2 Archbishop Cranmer 702 (810)
20. -13 Tim Worstall 680 (1,420)
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